JUMP ON THE BATWAGON
There has never been a TV series where the animal hero was a bat. Why not? Why couldn't Lassie have been a bat? There could have been an episode wherein...
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FREEZE, TURKEY
It's almost Thanksgiving, a time for us to pause in our busy lives and remember, as the Pilgrims did so long ago, that an improperly cooked turkey can kill us....
BLOCK THE ROAD ALL NITE
According to a recent newspaper article that I carefully clipped out and then lost but I remember the gist of, traffic gridlock in the United States is very bad. It's...
HEALTHCARE-ITIS: CATCH IT!
Aside from God, who has been endorsed by both major political parties, the big issue in the presidential campaign is health care. Every time we turn on the TV, we...
THE COSTUME DRAMA BEGINS
Halloween is coming, and you parents know what that means! It means it's time for you to make fun and creative costumes for your kids! Otherwise you are not as...
WHAT DO MEN WANT? DUH!
When I'm in the supermarket checkout line, I always look at Cosmopolitan magazine to see if the editors have made any progress in their ongoing effort to figure out men....
DAVE SEES HIS OPENING
It's time for us to "take stock" of the presidential election campaign, so that we, as voters, can make an informed decision about how much vodka we will need to...
OF DIRTY DIAPERS AND DIPSY
It's very early, still dark out, and I'm on the living-room floor, trying to simultaneously sleep and play with my 6-month-old daughter, Sophie. She goes to bed at 7:30 p.m.,...
BACKWARD RUN THE ATHLETES
Every four years, athletes from all over the world gather to compete in an event that truly epitomizes the purity and non-commercialism of amateur sports: The Coca-Cola IBM John Hancock...
LET ME BE PERFECTLY SPANK
I am the last person to criticize this nation's young people. I LOVE our young people, and I try to stay "hep" to their culture and their "slang lingo." This...